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“Small and medium towns in India occupy a squeezed position between declining rural economies and the dominance of metropolitan cities.” Examine their problems and developmental significance.

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  • Settlements

The statement is essentially correct and needs to be pressed further: the small and medium town (SMT) is not merely between the village and the metropolis but is the structurally decisive tier that India has starved of both recognition and resources. Theoretically, Walter Christaller's central-place logic requires a complete hierarchy of lower-order central places if…

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  • What the Small and Medium Town Actually Is
  • The Squeezed Middle: Two Forces, One Truce
  • The Problems of Small and Medium Towns
  • 1. Institutional and policy neglect
  • 2. Fiscal and administrative incapacity
  • 3. Infrastructure deficits
  • …and 11 more sections, with a conclusion

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